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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Katrina came ashore, as you point out, near =
Pearlington,
Mississippi, which is about 13 miles west of Waveland. Windspeeds were a =
maximum
of 145 mph at the eye wall at landfall. 100 miles beyond the eye wall to =
the
east, the strong side of the hurricane, winds speeds never reached =
hurricane
strength. Please get your story correct!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://www.eigs.olemiss.edu/newsroom/hurricane/KatrinaWindSpeedMa=
p.pdf">http://www.eigs.olemiss.edu/newsroom/hurricane/KatrinaWindSpeedMap=
.pdf</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=firman1@prodigy.net =
href="mailto:firman1@prodigy.net">firman1</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 27, =
2005 8:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fischer =
Grand</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The hurricane's eye was approximately =
25 miles
wide, with 160+ mph winds extending out about 100 miles beyond that. =
The eye
came ashore centered on the border of La. and Miss. at the Pearl =
River. I was
on the left eye wall. Waveland was on the worst side, the east side. I =
saw
clothing swept up into the tops of trees (you can see some in one of =
the
photos). If CNN reported it like you say, that's just another reason I =
don't
use them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You all can't imagine the destruction =
here. I
have seen many pianos thrown out. One local rpt says his business is =
booming,
though.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BAF =
II</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>